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transgay

transgay adjective: being, or pertaining to being, both a trans man and attracted to men (gay).

Adjective

transgay (not comparable)

  1. Being, or pertaining to being, both a trans man and attracted to men (gay).
    • Justin Tanis, a transgay male, reads the story of Jesus turning the Canaanite woman away.2000, Robert Goss, Mona West, Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible, →ISBN, page 6
    • Simon, who is 64 and the only self-identified transgay man of the interviewees, explained that growing up, "I hated girly clothes all along. I never wanted to show my body or wear a dress. I never dated at all ... it does make you feel different. When I came out as a lesbian, I was already divorced...2008, Brian Reed Singer, "On the gender continuum: the stories of transmen", thesis submitted to San Jose State University, pages 73-74

Examples of transgay in a sentence

  • Simon, who is 64 and the only self-identified transgay man of the interviewees, explained that growing up, "I hated girly clothes all along.2008, Brian Reed Singer, "On the gender continuum: the stories of transmen", thesis submitted to San Jose State University, pages 73-74
  • Many issues like transphobia, homosexual transsexuality (of both translesbians and transgay individuals), the transfeminist project, […]2009, Izzo Mirella, AzioneTrans Manifesto, →ISBN, page 7:

Origin of transgay

From trans- + gay.

Questions about transgay

What does transgay mean?
Transgay means being, or pertaining to being, both a trans man and attracted to men (gay).
How do you use transgay in a sentence?
Simon, who is 64 and the only self-identified transgay man of the interviewees, explained that growing up, "I hated girly clothes all along.
What part of speech is transgay?
Transgay is an adjective.

Words near transgay in the dictionary

  1. transgals
  2. Transgangetic
  3. transganglionic
  4. transganglionically
  5. transgastric
  6. transgay
  7. transgelin
  8. transgender
  9. transgender marriage
  10. transgenderal
  11. transgenderals

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